Me-Me’s Little

Boutique

Rose Ring and

Earrings PDF

Tutorial

By: Melinda “Me-Me” McGuffey

Tips:

- Weaving wire may be wrapped around

a sewing bobbin for easier control and

less risk of kinking the wire.

- It is always better to have too much

wire than too little. Allow extra wire for

any mistakes to be corrected or to

make changes in the design as you

allow your creative side to take over.

- ENJOY THIS FREE TUTORIAL!!!

MATERIALS & TOOLS:

40 Inches of 20g dead soft wire of your choice

24 inches of 26g dead soft wire of your choice

Ring Mandrel

Something 1.5” in diameter like a glue stick

tube, or a thread spool will work also (without

the thread on it)

Flush cutters

Bent nose pliers

Round nose pliers

Nylon pliers

Ruler or Measuring Tape

Sewing Bobbing or Spool

**Other tools are optional**

SET UP:

Let’s Begin:

Choose your 20-gauge wire

and the 26-gauge wire you will

be wrapping with. I have

chosen 2 shades of pink.

*Antique Bronze makes

beautiful roses as does

copper.

Cut 4 pieces of 20g wire at 10

inches long each. Set 2 aside

and we will use those later for

the matching earrings.

LET’S WEAVE

STEP 1:

Pick up one of your 20g wires

we will call base wire 1. Then

take your 26g weaving wire

and wrap it around your base

wire 3 times.

STEP 2:

Add your 2nd base wire on top

and wrap your weaving wire

around both wires 2 times.

This completes one rotation.

TAKE A BREAK WHEN NEEDED

Step 3:

We will continue this weave

for about 2 inches.

2 inches makes a size 7. For a

size smaller wrap 5 or so

rotations smaller. Stop at

about 1.5 inches but do not

clip your weave wire.

STEP 4:

Shape your wires around your

ring mandrel. If you have

enough for both ends of the

weave to touch or get close to

each other then go ahead a

clip and finish off your weave

wire.

Make sure the wires are

crisscrossing each other like in

the picture.

YOUR DOING GREAT

Step 5:

Bend the two outside wires

out of your way.

Step 6:

Start twisting the 2 inside

wires around each other.

It’s looking good!

Step 7:

Use your thumb to hold them

flat as you can and keep

twisting them around each

other maybe 3 to 4 times. This

creates the center of the rose.

Step 8:

Once the center is created

your going to start wrapping

these wires around by

bringing one half way around

and then the next, so they lay

side by side and form a little

coil.

Fantastic!

Step 9:

Once you have coiled the flat

around at least once you will

start to twist these wires

together.

STEP 10:

Twist the two wires together

all the way to the end of the

wire.

Do you need a break?

STEP 11:

Begin wrapping the twisted

wires around in a circle. Be

sure to keep them tight.

Step 12:

Continue wrapping around

until you reach the end of the

wires.

It’s so cute!

This is how it should look so

far.

Step 13:

Clip the 2 wires leaving about

¼ of an inch.

NIP & TUCK

STEP 14:

Using your round nose pliers,

begin to bend these wires

under and tuck them into the

rose petals to hide them.

Make sure to get them in

there good so the ends won’t

cut your finger.

STEP 15:

Tuck the other end inside

using your round nose pliers.

Finishing it off.

STEP 16:

Clip last 2 wires leaving about

an inch or so.

Step 17:

Wrap the wire around the ring

at the edge of the rose. Do

this twice.

IT’S DONE!!!

STEP 18:

Clip and pinch under the ring

band. Be sure to cut the wire

at an angle so that you can

pinch it good and it won’t

scratch you. Put your finger on

it and rub. Can you feel the

edge? If so pinch some more

and if not, then your done

with that side.

Repeat this step for the other

side.

Last, put your ring back on the

mandrel and reshape it.

YOUR DONE!!!!

The earrings

Now let’s make out earrings.

Step 1:

Take one of your remaining

base wires and wrap it around

your glue stick, spool or what

ever you choose that is about

1 inch in diameter.

Step 2:

We are going to do the same

thing.

Start twisting your wires to

form your rose bud or center.

SAME PRINCIPAL

Step 3:

Once your center is formed,

twist the wires around each

other.

Step 4:

Begin twisting them around

the center of your rose.

NIP & TUCK

Step 5:

Pull the rose off the glue stick

and clip your ends short.

Step 6:

We are going to tuck these

ends inside the rose again

using the round nose pliers.

It’s looking good!

Step 7:

Cut one side of your wire.

Step 8:

If there is a sharp end sticking

out, then pinch it in or curl it

using your round nose pliers.

EAR WIRES

Step 9:

Straighten your wire.

Step 10:

Using a pen shape the wire

around the pen to create an

ear wire or fish hook.

YOUR DONE!

Step 11:

Snip and bend the end just a

little.

You have an earring.

Step 12:

Repeat these steps to make

your second earring.

You are done!

Wear your little summer roses

as often as you like but

remember the 5 S’s:

Never SWIM in your jewelry

Never SLEEP in your jewelry

No SWEAT (don’t exercise

while wearing your jewelry)

Never SHOWER in your

jewelry

No SPRAYS or perfumes while

wearing your jewelry. Put on

your jewelry last!